Curtain support



Apnl 21,1925. 1,534,714

B. JEROME CURTAIN SUPPORT Filed March 5, 1925 Patented Apr. 2l, 1925.

` .aarqimmmaoma or rouruci MLGHIGAN; l PORTION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A.

Assioma To GENERAL MOTORS vCOR- CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

' CURTAIN. SUPPORT.

Application filed March 5, 1923. Serial No. 622,997.

To all whom it mary concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN JEROME, a citizen of the United 'States of America, and a resident of Pontiac,- county of Oakland, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the same, reference being made therein to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to vehicle curtains and their supports and is illustrated as embodied in a support and curtain arranged to be carried by and to open with the door of a vehicle.

An object of the invention is to provide such a curtain with a novel support securely attached thereto, to avoid the necessity of assembling the curtain and its support every time it is necessary to use them. One satisfactory arrangement comprises a sup-porting rod passing through a reinforced sleeve or pocket in the vertical free edge of the curtain, and which is securely attached to the curtain at its upper end. In the embodiment 1llustrated in the drawings the rod is iattened and perforated at its upper end and is secured to the curtain by a rivet which is preferably arranged with its head on the outer side of the curtain in such a manner as not to detract from the appearance of the curtain.

The above and other objects and features of the invention including various novel arrangements and desirable particular constructions of parts will be apparent from the following description of the illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of an automobile having a curtain supported as above described on a front door shown in its open position;

Figure 2 is an elevation, partly broken away, from the inside of the curtain showing the manner of attaching the rod to the curtain; and

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure 2 showing the manner of attaching the curtain to the rod.

The automobile shown in Figure 1 is constructed in any desired manner, and is shown as having a body 10, a door or doors 12, and as being provided with a top 14. Side curtains 16 of any desired type are also provided.

The present invention contemplates providing each of the curtains 18, which open with the doors 12, with a. sleeveor pocket along its free edge, which may be formed by a pair of parallel seams 20 serving to attach a, pocket-forming facing strip 22 along its opposite edges and at the same time to hem-the turned over edge of the curtain to provide a finished appearance. A supporting rod 24 is arranged with one vertical portion in this pocket to support the free edge of the curtain; this rod also has a horizontal portion 26 extending toward the hinged edge of the door so that the curtain projects beyond the door to overlap the adjacent curtain 16 when the door is closed. A second vertical portion 28 is arranged to be inserted in a socket formed in the door 12, rigidly to support the rod and the curtain.

The' invention Ifurther provides for securely attaching the rod and the curtain together, as by flattening the upper endL of the rod as shown at 30 and providing in the upper end of the flattened portion a perforationfor a fastening device such as a split rivet 82. In order to guard against tearing the material of the curtain, I prefer that the inside clinched end of the rivet seat against a pad 34 of strong material such as leather. In order not to detract from the appearance of the outside of the curtain I prefer that the head of the rivet be placed on the outside so that the clinched portion is on the inside as will clearly appear from Figure l.

While one illustrative embodiment of my invention is shown in the drawings and is described above in detail, it is not my intention to limit the scope of the invention to that form or otherwise than by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A vehicle door curtain comprising, in combination, a flexible curtain portion hemmed along its vertical and top edges, a facing strip secured along the vertical edge by the hemming seam and by a parallel seam to form a vertical pocket, a reinforcing piece sewed on at the top by said parallel seams, a vertical curtain rod in the pocket, and a fastening passing through the curtain and the rod and the reinforcing piece and clinched against the reinforcing piece.

2. A vehicle door curtain comprising, in combination, a flexible curtain portion, a facing strip secured along the free Vertical edge of said portion by a pair of parallel seams to form a vertical pocket, a reinforcing piece seWed 0n at the top bysaid parallel seams, a vertical curtain rod flattened and perforated at the top andarranged in the pocket, and a headed fastening passing through the curtain and the rod and the reinorcing piece and clinched against thereinforcing piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

A BENJAMIN JEROME. 

